Wilson fixes wartime wheat price at 2.28 in primary markets
Washington reports President Wilson raised the 1918 wheat price under the food law to 2.28 a bushel at the principal marketing points, with varied sums in other markets, to spur production and prevent withholding of the crop. The proclamation lists multiple city prices and notes the measure aims to assure farmers a reasonable profit and avoid market disruption.
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Bolshevike Demands Sweep Vast Russian Lands
London reports a Russian government statement detailing terms for peace with Germany and Austria-Hungary. It outlines territorial adjustments, demobilization, evacuation of occupied areas including Livonia and Esthonia, release of political prisoners, and guarantees for trade and war prisoner settlements.
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Germany
Brest-Litovsk
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Dvinsk
Courland
Livonia
Esthonia
Tessin
Ukraine
Finland
Turkey
Sixteen more victims of Tuscania identified
Washington reports the war department released 16 additional names of American soldiers killed when the liner Tuscania was torpedoed by a German submarine on February 6. Among the newly identified are Privates Sterling Collonn, Arthur N. Harvey, Joseph R. Redfield, Edward L. Routt, Thomas S. Wasson, Claude W. Walker, plus two others previously unnoted. Walker is listed without a unit assignment.
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War Department
Associated Press
Sterling Collonn
St. James
Ark
Arthur N. Harvey
Eau Claire
Wis
Joseph R. Redfield
Glendale
Ore
Edward T
Five Aviators Die In Practice Flights Across Two States
Memphis report details the deaths of civilian flying instructor Guy H Ragel and Robert Grey Jr as their aircraft plunged 800 feet during training. In Fort Worth, Texas, Higginbotham a Yale all American and cadet naval aviator, perished when his plane dropped 1 000 feet. Ensign Frank Lynch, the pilot, was fatally injured or gravely hurt. A farmer discovered the wreck about an hour later.
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Tenn
Guy H. Ragel
Chi Wet
Robert Grey Jr
Long i. Webbs
Erin Hiddeen
Fort Worth
Texas
Norace Higginbotham
Yale
Hicksfield
Here
Frank Lynch
Jerfigeinbotham
R. W. Higginbotham
Dallas
American Aviator Edward Killed in France Aerial Battle
Paris reports Edward of New York died in an aerial combat over France after crossing the German lines. He engaged four enemy planes, then returned toward French territory and crashed. He was buried near Chalons.
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Edward
New York
Loughran
Chalons
Bomb Found at Camp Douglas Prison Camp
A high explosive bomb was discovered at Camp Douglas in the German civilian war prisoner section this afternoon. It was found by an aid and handed to Col. George Byram, the commandant. The device, in a vegetable can with a fuse, was wrapped in cloth soaked in lard.
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Sal City
Fort Dou
George Byram
Three Years of War Figure from Government Claim
Chicago reports Governor Charten H. Brough of Arkansas cites Washington’s view of three more years of war. He urges a conservation and education drive as part of national service, praising unity in the South and warning against Bolshevik influence. In Europe, German forces advance in Livonia and toward Reval, with unrest noted among Austrians and Ukrainians and calls for a Russian peace and constituent assembly.
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Charten H. Brough
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Washington
Nation
Brough
Congress of National Service
National Security League
Whitman
New
Lone
Jean
New South
Russia
I. W. We
London
P Grad
Livonia
Reval
Minsk
Moscow
Embassies to Leave Petrograd Amid German Threat
The diplomatic corps in Petrograd plans to depart the city if the Germans threaten the capital. The Soviet government intends to defend the city, and the American ambassador offered no details on the ambassadors' plans.
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Ecessary
Weekend Weather Outlook From West to East
A unsettled and colder Sunday with rain or snow in the west portion. Monday looks generally fair and colder as the pattern shifts.
No Further Proceedings in the Bourquin Case
Montana House votes to impeach Judge C. Crum on high crimes and malfeasance. Impeachment papers to be presented to the Senate after the legislature adjourns. Debate on investigations, defense budgets, and legal actions continues as the session nears sine die with plans for a court trial later.
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Montana House of Representatives
C. 1 Crum
Senate
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Pate
Ins
Fense
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Hourquin
Connell
O'Connor
Wene
Wheeler
Mason
Carroll
Ford
House of Representasives
L. Cram
Montana
Charles T. Cram
Ibe
Three men killed in action reported by war department
Ington February report lists three men killed in action Private Thomas V. Ratelis of Clarksville Tennessee Private William H Scott of Calvert City Kentucky and Private Ralph T Kingery of Ontario California along with several wounded. Severely wounded include Connecticut residents and Private Peter Rubeck of Egeland Navy Private Fred Kopanske and Private Sidney M Cowley of New.
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New
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